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What are brine shrimp good for?

My daughter has a container of brine shrimp that she wants to raise.The bottle looks like its sand inside.She also has yeast for their food.I know how all this works but WHY?I don’t understand the point of all this

My first 30G Reef Tank (2 False Percula Clowns,Royal Gramma)

This is my first 30 gallon Marine/Reef tank.

I have 1 Green Star Polyp coral,target fed once a week with a mixture of mysis shrimp+krill+phytoplankton+vitamin amino acid suppliment that i make once a month.

2 cleaner shrimp, Two False Percula Clowns, One royal Gramma, 15 Astria snails, 6 Nassarius Snails, Copepods, Amphipods, Brine Shrimp.

Also have a brine shrimp and Amphipod Copepod Culture.

I feed the cultures Live Phytoplankton.

Filtration:
Aqua Clear Mechanical filter
Biofiltration by Aqua C Remora H.O.T. with maxijet 1200 pump with overflow mod on the skimmate collector, 40Lbs Live Sand and 27Lbs Live Rock.

Lighting:
Moon Lights, T5 HO Lights w/ Actinic and 10,000K, Regular 30″ Actinic Light

1 Gallon distilled water, 5 ml calcium, 10 ml Phytoplankton, 5ml vitamin and Amino acid suppliment,
2 ml zooplex.

Once a month i add 5 grams of PH buffer & Alkalinity booster and 3 grams of magneium.

My Triops Cancriformis tank…

… between the end of march and the beginning of april 2008. Have fun.

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